More Syndey + Manly

Been through a series of rubbish jobs now, and am currently unemployed, but have something lined up in a few days. All been data entry drivel. Very dull. One was slightly less dull and involved phoning up major investment companies and asking them various strange questions to put info into a database for a client, whose identity my boss didn't know (allegedly)?? And I was told if anyone I phoned asked what it the info was for, I was just to make something up. All very dodgy. Other than working not been doing much. Jenny did a little estate agent's montage of photos of the flat:

Still enjoying living there, other than the cockroaches, which are everywhere. Every morning they appear, scuttling about the walls, ceiling and toilet. I'm sure they are crawling about the bed and over our faces in the night, but there's not a lot you can do to stop them. It's not a hygiene issue, rather we are on the outskirst of the city, where things like that live. Trying not to imagine what other things might be eating the cockroaches and lurking in our garden.

Unfotunately the guy in the room next to us has recently invested in a drum kit, which he enjoys practising every night. Last night at 11.30pm. Jenny was not amused. He is absolutley useless, and can only make very basic rhythmic bangs like a small child might manage.

There was a massive boat show the other weekend in Darling Harbour, which Jenny dragged me along to. Don't like boats. Having said that some of the yachts were pretty swanky. You had to take your shoes off before getting on them to snoop around. Some of them were invitation only. Needless to say we weren't invited on any of those ones. Should have gone to a fancy dress shop before going here and bought a Captains outfit. There seemed to be a lot of people who had been and done that. Lots of Captain Birdseye lookalikes strolling about the place. We went to Manly the other day, on the ferry. It's on the North shore, 30 mins across the water from Sydeny. Ferry ride is pretty spectacular as it leaves from Circular quay between the harbour bridge and the opera house, so you get amazing view of both.

We also ventured across to the middle of the Harbour Bridge one night as you get really good photos of the opera house from there. I think I'm becoming a bit obsessed by the opera house. It's very strange, but I feel compelled to take millions of photos of it every time we go past it. Jenny near enough has to wrestle the camera away from me.

Manly is a kind of upmarket version of Bondi beach. Very nice. Lots of very plush appartments and people walking their rat-like dogs with coats along the promenade.

We have tickets to an AFL game on Saturday night, at the Telstra stadium which I think is the Olympic stadium, which should be a laugh. The fans are supposed to be pretty mental, there has just been a strike by the train drivers, who refuse to take one set of fans anywhere because the other week they were caught with molotov cocktails on with them!? They're not the team that we're going to watch though, and it should be a tame affair, as there is a Breast Cancer Awareness gig before the game.

Anyway better go. Seeing as I have a day off I'm going to maybe make a trip to the beach, as it's very nice and warm outside. Roll on Summer, because if this is what winter's like, summer must be amazing.